The Changing Basis of Party Competition: Education, Authoritarian–Libertarian Values and Voting

Government and Opposition

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 372-397

  Stubager, Rune ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

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EID: 85011484725     PISSN: 0017257X     EISSN: 14777053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/gov.2013.13     Document Type: Article

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